When was IBM Granite 4.2 30B released?

IBM Granite 4.2 30B was released on August 25, 2026 by IBM. This is the official IBM Granite 4.2 30B release date tracked on LLM Stats.

Is IBM Granite 4.2 30B available via API?

Yes, IBM Granite 4.2 30B is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details.

How big is IBM Granite 4.2 30B?

IBM Granite 4.2 30B has 30 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created IBM Granite 4.2 30B?

IBM Granite 4.2 30B was created by IBM.

What is the license for IBM Granite 4.2 30B?

IBM Granite 4.2 30B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where is the IBM Granite 4.2 30B paper or technical report?

IBM Granite 4.2 30B has a paper or technical report available at https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-30b. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare IBM Granite 4.2 30B against?

Common IBM Granite 4.2 30B comparisons include IBM Granite 4.2 30B vs GPT-5 Medium, IBM Granite 4.2 30B vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet, IBM Granite 4.2 30B vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.

IBM Granite 4.2 30B API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Name: IBM Granite 4.2 30B
Author: IBM

IBM Granite 4.2 30B: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

IBM Granite 4.2 30B is a language model from IBM, released in August 2026.

IBM Granite 4.2 30B is the flagship dense decoder-only reasoning LLM in the Granite 4.2 family. It supports native think, non-think, and low-effort modes, tool calling, and a 128K native context window with extension to 512K. The 8B and

IBM Granite 4.2 30B benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for IBM Granite 4.2 30B across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How IBM Granite 4.2 30B holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

IBM Granite 4.2 30B Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

llm-stats.com - Mon Aug 31 2026

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IBM Granite 4.2 30B model size

IBM Granite 4.2 30B has 30 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters

30B

Large (30–80B)

30B

1B7B70B405B

IBM Granite 4.2 30B API

Available from the model provider

IBM Granite 4.2 30B has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

IBM Granite 4.2 30B latency

IBM Granite 4.2 30B time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

IBM Granite 4.2 30B examples

Recent arena outputs from IBM Granite 4.2 30B, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

IBM Granite 4.2 30B license

IBM Granite 4.2 30B is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial use, has 30.0B parameters.

License: Apache 2.0; Commercial use allowed
Parameters: 30.0B

Apache License 2.0 - allows commercial use

IBM Granite 4.2 30B resources

Official sources for IBM Granite 4.2 30B: api documentation, official playground, official launch post, source repository.

IBM Granite 4.2 30B vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to IBM Granite 4.2 30B are GPT-5 Medium, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.